Bad-smelling Alkanet vs cylindrical barrel-bubble

Alkanna maleolens compared with Cylichna cylindracea

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while cylindrical barrel-bubble is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	cylindrical barrel-bubble
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Cephalaspidea (Cephalaspidea)
Family	Boraginaceae	Cylichnidae
Genus	Alkanna	Cylichna
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Cylichna cylindracea

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

cylindrical barrel-bubble

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	cylindrical barrel-bubble
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bad-smelling Alkanet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

cylindrical barrel-bubble

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Bad-smelling Alkanet

The Bad-smelling Alkanet (Alkanna maleolens) is a species in the genus Alkanna. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.